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EventUN warns Africa of the scourge of HIV
… The numbers could soar to ninety million, or more than 10% of the continent's population, if more immediate action …
EventThe British attack in the battle of Colenso
… of British troops, which began at Stormberg on December 10, brings the Black Week to an end. …
EventSouth Africa abolishes financial Rand
… parallel currency to the commercial Rand, was abolished on 10 March 1995. The currency was introduced in the 1960’s and …
EventAbdul Samad Minty, anti apartheid activist, is born
… around Southern Africa. After the fall of apartheid in 1994, Minty was appointed as the Deputy Director-General for …
EventMapungubwe is ‘discovered’
… were kept fairly secret and were only made public after 1994. Possibly because the discovery provided evidence of a …
EventPenny Heyns, South African swimming star, is born.
… She was also a member of the South African squad at the 1994 Commonwealth Games, where she won a bronze medal in the …
EventGambia is admitted to the United Nations
… of The Gambia. A bloodless coup took place in July 1994, and an Interim government was installed. Elections have …
EventA United Nations team finally arrives in Mbandaka, Congo, to investigate alleged massacres of refugees
… Following the Rwandan genocide of 1994, thousands of Hutu refugees fled to the neighboring …
EventKen Saro-Wiwa, Nigerian author and environmental activist, is executed
… military government for several months, without trial. In 1994, four Ogani chiefs were murdered, and although he had …
EventHundreds of thousands of Hutus flee to Zaire
… Between April and mid July 1994, between 800 000 and 1 million Tutsis and moderate Hutus …
EventThe full citizenship of Coloured people is called for
… achieved with the advent of democracy in South Africa in 1994. …
ArchiveCommission of Inquiry into the South African Council of Churches held at Pretoria on 11 May 1983, Volume 66
Transcript of evidence (continued from 9 and10 May 1983) from Wolfram Kistner, Director of the Commission of Justice and Reconciliation in the SA Council of…
ArchiveRenewed fighting in April
… and 23 security force members were killed . On April 10 1989, South Africa, Angola and Cuba signed the Mount Etjo …
PlacePioneer's Memorial Synagogue, Raleigh Street, Port Elizabeth
Museum in a former synagogue featuring exhibits on Jewish life & History in Port Elizabeth. The Jewish Pioneers’ Memorial Museum is open to the Public between…
EventCommittee of Ten wants election of a new community board
… The 'Committee of 10' formed by prominent Soweto residents, issued a programme …
EventUN Special Envoy visits SA
… Sources: gender links:website:www.genderlinks.org.za. 10 years of freedom: website: http://www.unog.ch. Document …
EventBartolomeu Dias enters Luderitz Bay
… coast of south west Africa. On the same day exactly 10 years later, on 25 December 1497, Dias's compatriot Vasco … South Africa ; 3rd rev. ed., Pretoria:…
EventNew SA Constitution takes effect
… by President Nelson Mandela in Sharpeville, Gauteng on 10 December 1996. Among the laws contained by the …
EventThe first radio licence in SA is issued to Dr J. van Rensburg of Carnarvon
… The Durban organization began broadcasting on December 10, 1924. Financial support came from listener's licenses …
EventDundee and Glencoe are retaken by General Sir Redvers Buller troops during the South African War II
Dundee and Glencoe were retaken by General Sir Redvers Buller troops as the South African War II 1899-1902 (Anglo-Boer War II 1899-1902) intensified. The area…
EventEmmanuel Frimpong, Ghanaian footballer, is born
… Emmanuel Frimpong was born on 10 January 1992 in Kumasi, Ghana. He moved to England at a … Available at: https://www.arsenal.com [Accessed on 10 December…
EventThe Proteas become the first South African team in history to win a Test cricket series in Australia
… be a successful one for the Proteas, being undefeated in 10 Test matches. …
PlaceMatjiesfontein
… and the hotel turret was then used as a lookout post. Some 10 000 troops were camped around the village during this … died in 1920 and is buried in a little…
Address by ANC President Jacob Zuma to National Worker`s Day Rally, 1 May 2011, Athlone Stadium, Cape Town
… so under the background that we have achieved a lot since 1994, but more needs to be done. We have made a noticeable … past. We have built houses that give…
EventThe world pay tribute to former president Nelson Mandela at the FNB Stadium
… On 10 December 2013, South Africans and more than 90 world … News24, Thousands unite to say farewell to Madiba , 10 December 2013,Url number … 28 November…
ArchiveCommission of Inquiry into the South African Council of Churches held at Pretoria on 17 May 1983, Volume 70 and Volume 71
… Transcript of evidence (continued from 9, 10, 11 and 16 May 1983) from Wolfram Kistner, Director of the …
PlaceCora Terrace Houses (1,3,5,7,9,11), Port Elizabeth
… distance to St. George’s cricket stadium, and about a 10 minute drive to the new Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium. It was …
EventMarthinus van Schalkwyk is born
… van Schalkwyk leader of the New National Party was born on 10 November 1959. He replaced FW de Klerk as leader of the …
EventTranskei announces it is re-establishing diplomatic relations with South Africa
… official when Kaizer Daliwonga Matanzima announced on 10 April 1978 that Transkei would break all diplomatic ties. …
Commemorative Walk
… 30 November. Leaving Durban at 1.45 a.m. and returning at 10 p.m. will then do a short walk between Charlestown and …